122 CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



Thomas Jones, from whose papers the fol- 

 lowing account is extracted. " The season 

 for spring-sowing is about March or April, or 

 in autumn about August or September : those 

 plants that are raised in the spring should 

 be transplanted in the autumn, and vice versa; 

 they cannot have too much room ; room and 

 time are essentially necessary to their being 

 large, and perhaps to the increase of their 

 purgative qualities ; to effect this, the soil 

 must be light, loamy, and rich, but not too 

 much so, lest the roots should be too fibrous; 

 their situation can scarcely be too dry, as 

 more evils are to be expected from a super- 

 abundance of moisture than any actual want 

 of it." 



In the year 1794, the Society adjudged 

 the gold medal to Mr. William Hayward of 

 Oxfordshire, for propagating rhubarb by off- 

 sets taken from the crowns of large plants, 

 instead of seeds, for the purpose of bringing 

 it to perfection in a shorter time, which fully 

 answered the expectation. 



In the year 1794, the Society adjudged 

 the gold medal to Mr. Ball for his method of 

 curing the true rhubarb ; the particulars of 

 which may be seen in the Transactions of the 

 Society. 



